Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne

Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Suffolk
Grid reference	TM 435 530[1]
Interest	Geological
Area	0.5 hectares[1]
Notification	1986[1]
Location map	Magic Map

Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne is a 0.5-hectare (1.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Orford in Suffolk.^[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site,^[3] and in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.^[4]

A shelly, fossilerous Pleistocene layer lies unconformably above a Pliocene Coralline Crag Formation layer. It is described by Natural England as important both for sedimentological studies and for understanding the local relationship between the Pliocene and the Pleistocene.^[5]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

1. "Designated Sites View: Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
2. "Map of Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
3. "Valley Farm, Sudbourne (Neogene)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
4. "Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2013–2018" (PDF). Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. p. 76. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
5. "Valley Farm Pit, Sudbourne citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

52.122°N 1.556°E / 52.122; 1.556